Breaking News on Two Michigan Freshmen

Coach Rod was on the radio today and talked about a couple troubling issues. The first is Justin Turner and Adrian Witty still have NCAA Clearinghouse issues. Which most thought were behind them. Coach Rod did say he expects both issues to be cleared up before Sunday's first meeting or right after.

This development is troubling on a couple of levels. One, both are cornerbacks and the depth there is shaky already. Second, is Justin Turner a 5 star corner who was/is expected to have a role on this years team. There have also been reports that Witty has been impressive in the non official drills this summer.

The second item was a long shot anyway. Jason Forcier former Michigan QB and brother of Tate was enrolling at U of M this fall in graduate school and there was hope he could use his 4th year eligibility and play a backup QB role at Michigan. This would require a waiver from the NCAA, but it seems Jason hasn't been accepted to graduate school yet (they are still waiting to hear) so Michigan hasn't even submitted the waiver yet to the NCAA. Looks like a no go for Jason this year. He would have been a nice back up option to have in case of an emergency.

• Cass Tech High School in Detroit has been a feeding ground to the Wolverines the past few years. It seems that trend is going to end with Dior Mathis, who states his top two schools are Michigan State and Oregon. He will visit the Ducks this weekend. It seems Michigan is still in it, but the 5"9 172 pound corner says he doesn't hear from the Michigan coaches that much. Mathis does have a offer from Michigan.
  


• Big "Will" Gholston is still going to look around. He still feels he is committed to MSU but is taking trips to USC, Alabama, Florida and either Tennessee or Virginia. I'm sure Spartan Country is nervous mostly with all those big name coaches and programs on his travel agenda. He also said he wants to play LB in college; “I don't want to play defensive end at all,” he said.

• Dietrich Riley is a 4 star prospect at Safety and Running back from California and is planning to take one of his official visits to Ann Arbor.

• Wolverines in the NFL News: Carson Butler signs with the Lions (Yikes!), Toomer signs with the Chiefs, and the Patriots cut Matt Gutierrez (this poor guy has been stuck behind high profile Michigan QB's his entire career).